![]() ![]() ![]() Basically, you choose a palette that then applies throughout your website. For example, it’s much easier to apply your brand colors consistently. Squarespace also has better template customization. Note: In both Wix and Squarespace, you can’t switch your template once you’ve chosen it. They all look from the early 2010s because they likely are! Therefore, not all Wix templates are good.įor example, these are the templates from the last page of Wix’s “All Templates” category: One primary reason behind Wix’s always-increasing number of templates is that Wix never deletes its outdated templates (Squarespace does). Wix’s best templates aren’t quite as nice as Squarespace, and their worst templates can be…corny and dated.Īnother Wix example template - it’s quite good.Īnother example Wix template- though this one feels pretty outdated. These are the last three templates on Squarespace’s ‘All Templates’ page: Wix Template Examples Squarespace Templates Are Consistently Good This is subjective to a degree, but honestly, there’s no other website builder that matches Squarespace’s clean, modern templates: Squarespace has the best templates of any website builder. But you need just one template at the end of the day, and Squarespace’s templates are better! Squarespace Template Examples In terms of volume, Wix has significantly more templates than Squarespace: Wix has 850+ templates, and Squarespace has 150+ templates. Also, notice the intuitiveness of the Squarespace editor! Notice how you don’t face the same problems you’d face with Wix. Let’s try to make the same simple web page we made with Wix with Squarespace: ![]() It’s still a visual, drag-and-drop editor it’s still very customizable - but there’s an inherent and sensible structure that you stay within. Instead, Squarespace’s Fluid Engine editor only allows you to drag elements (called Content Blocks) into rows and columns of a section. In Squarespace, you can’t move an element anywhere on a page. ![]() Squarespace doesn’t run into the same problems-because Squarespace has a structured editor, and it’s among the easiest to use. But that much open-endedness is a lot of responsibility to hand off to a user not quite adept at web designing/painting. If that someone is a web designer/painter, the result will be a great website/painting. Overall: Giving someone Wix is like giving someone a blank canvas with all the colors, the paintbrushes, and all other painting supplies. But if you move something out of the gridline, it may not be accessible/visible on some devices. You have the option to move things out of the gridline.It’s easy to choose a strip that looks awesome individually but doesn’t quite fit the website as a whole. Wix gives many strip choices, each with different typography, design, and colors.Ideally, a heading and a paragraph should have the same size and weight throughout the website. Here’s a rule of thumb when dealing with so many options: You want to maintain a consistent look and feel across your website. It’s nice to have these options if you know what you’re doing playing with them - otherwise, you’ll either ruin the website or waste your time. Users can choose fonts, sizes, colors, and everything about each individual text block.The editor has a lot of icons and buttons.Plus, the changes didn’t automatically reflect on the mobile version - that’s frustrating! This means you’ll have to design pretty much the whole website for both desktop and mobile separately.īesides, Wix gives almost too many options: We switched the position of the two remaining sections on the desktop device.When we deleted the middle section, the third section didn’t snap in its place like you would expect.We had to resize the map on the mobile device.Also, it’s unclear whether the third section can fit between the second section and the footer. Yet, the block appeared in front of the second section (Yes, it’s not a “strip,” but we nevertheless wanted it below the second section). We clicked the “Add Strip” icon below the second strip.These are some major and minor frustrations you’ll see in the minute-something video of us using the Wix editor: ![]()
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